I have a layout, but I need put more views (Buttons, EditText, etc), but how you know, the layout of the ADT is a bit small and I can't to set more views or know where is it, Somebody know How can I set more of these?
Thank you
Android isn't like iOS how you can just position elements with drag & drop.
RelativeLayout will position elements relative to each other and LinearLayout will lay out elements sequentially in a linear fashion, either vertically or horizontally. Both methods are better executed by actually writing the View XML yourself.
I suggest reading this: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/declaring-layout.html
If you want to actually see what you are adding to your layout without messing with the XML you could maybe change the device that the renderer is using to preview your layout.
I don't know what IDE you're using but in Eclipse and Android Studio you can change the device that your layout preview is rendered on. That way you can see what you're adding as you add it.
Then just make sure to put everything in a scroll view so users can access all the views and widgets you've put in that layout for your activity or fragment or dialog or whatever else it is.
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I would work with a piece of layout that isn't shown, the user must scroll to see what I have did. How can I do it? Can I join 2 different layout in one? I prefer to collocate item as I do with default layout. If it can help, I use Android studio. I prefer use elements without code, adding them from palette. An example :
You can use two different layout in main relative layout & whenever u want child layout just set visibility.
You will want to use a ScrollView for this. From the documentation:
Layout container for a view hierarchy that can be scrolled by the user, allowing it to be larger than the physical display.
I'm building a layout within Eclipse for Android using the RelativeLayout. I lay down a simple stack of buttons one on top of each other. For some reason the button snaps to the first button position even though I clearly place it down on the last stack of buttons. I try everything to move it to the right position eventually I just let the layout builder stick it to the bottom of the screen edge.
When I try this view inside the app, the last button is magically snapped to some random spot usually near the top. Obviously incorrect. As a hunch I tried it again but I left it alone this time, when I laid the last button down again ( which within Eclipse Layout builder its snapped to the first elements position for some crazy reason). Surprisingly within the app itself it appears in the proper location. So this must be a bug with the Layout builder itself.
It looks horrible in Layout builder (almost unusable) and the position of UI elements totally wrong, is this some known bug with Layout Builder + Android or do I need some update or new SDK or something?
There are many reported complaints about the ADK Editor for Eclipse, but one alternative is to try DroidDraw
http://www.droiddraw.org/
The preference of some Android developers is to directly modify the XML. This often provides more flexibility as you can see the exact rules that are defined for your UI.
If you are looking at just stacking Buttons on top of each other, you may want to consider a LinearLayout.
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/LinearLayout.html
This is a layout that arranges its children in a single column or a single row.
Relative layout every "view" is positioned relative to something else. It would help you to understand better if you look at the xml. You will see what each item is aligned on. It is difficult to get this layout right as you see especially when you design in eclipse and run on an avd or real device. Consider placing a linear layout inside the relative layout and your buttons in that. This way your button group is together in a row or column and next to this you could have text or something.hard to explain but group like things together and nest layout inside other layouts.frame layout only one item is viewable at a time,like pages in a book or slide images. I hope I explained this good. I have no idea why you would do buttons that way.absolute layout is x,y positions where you put it is where it stays. Like that's gonna work. Try a different screen density and things are bunched up in the corner.like I said the key is nesting the layouts
I have some buttons, textboxes etc. in my android application, but when i drag them with my mouse in the xml file, their place doesn't change, or changes but they are not placed where i exactly wanted. How can i adjust their positions in the screen?
Thanks
Unfortunatly there is no such thing as absolute positionning in android ( RIP AbsoluteLayout deprecated since years.)
instead you have to position views according to their parents and according to other views in the same parent.
first you have to define wich parent you need ( if you want some viens in a single line go for a LinearLayout. a more custom layout: use a RelativeLayout ...)
then you can drag and drop views inside, but they will always snap a position relative to their parent and/or relative to the other views.
you can of course play with margins.
A list of layout type with some advanced techniques can be found on this page
Hope that helps.
You RelativeLayout as a group layout for your layout so positioning can somewhat easy using mouse.
Best is to arrange them from the xml code. Just Learn about using the Relative layout, LinearLayout and TableLayout
Learn how the XML works. For a LinearLayout, the items come in the order listed. For a RelativeLayout, the items are related by the values of their layout_XXX properties. Then you don't have to worry about the WYSIWYG tool not working.
FYI, the tool bundled with eclipse is extremely buggy. Don't count on whats on there being what's on your phone for anything non-trivial.
Like the others wrote it is easier to edit layout using xml editor. You can read more here http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/declaring-layout.html.
I am using Eclipse and a ViewFlipper. In Graphical Layout, I want to see the second, third, and forth layouts of my views - right now, I can only see the first view. Any suggestions?
If I'm understanding you correctly, you want to see each view in the 'Graphical layout' tool? The way I do this, is instead of having all the layout work done in one xml (where your viewflipper is) I make each view a new layout xml. And then have each view (xml file) included into the view flipper by using this....
<include
layout="#layout/layout_media"
android:id="#+id/flipper_media" />
Hope this helps.
just put each layout in relative layout or linear what ever you are working with then with each layout you will work with the first one in the order and etc.. then at the end put each layout in the order you want later
I had to subclass the ViewSwitcher class to display an indeterminate ProgressBar until data is ready to display in the second view. I used isInEditMode() to determine whether I was actually running the app or just previewing in AS.
You should be able to add a custom attribute to choose which child to display. This might look a bit overkill, but if you happen to already have to subclass your ViewSwitcher or ViewFlipper, i think it is not a big deal.
I will try to put an example later.
I am newbie to android so this might be one of the dumbest question you face.
I am developing UI in Eclipse through drag-drop.I have added many elements in one screen now
the window where you drag-drop UI elements is not growing/scrolling beyond a capacity.
So I am not able to see newly added elements.
Please check image for more details..
You can observe elements after Storage Position are not visible.
How to check other elements or cant we add elements beyond a certain number/size ?
~Ajinkya.
You can add as many elements as you want. I can see a bunch of LinerLayouts for each of your items, but each linear layout is one row and has a horizontal orientation, correct? I'm not sure what you have as your overlying view, but make sure that all of those items are inside of a LinearLayout with vertical orientation. You can wrap that in a <ScrollView> to add a scrollbar to it. Here is a Scrollview example
Side note: Also, the drag and drop is nice to look at, but I've always had a better experience directly editing the xml, even if I started creating the layout with the GUI. It's easier to tell what is going on with each element and make changes. It's best to check the way everything looks in the emulator too, sometimes it can look different than in the GUI editor, especially if items are put into your interface programmatically.